Stolen Bases : 1970 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1970 Stolen Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bert Campaneris 42 Oakland Athletics 1
Tommy Harper 38 Milwaukee Brewers 2
Sandy Alomar 35 California Angels 3
Pat Kelly 34 Kansas City Royals 4
Amos Otis 33 Kansas City Royals 5
Cesar Tovar 30 Minnesota Twins 6
Ed Stroud 29 Washington Senators 7
Reggie Jackson 26 Oakland Athletics 8
Paul Blair 24 Baltimore Orioles 9
Roy White 24 New York Yankees  
Horace Clarke 23 New York Yankees 11
Carl Yastrzemski 23 Boston Red Sox  
Jerry Kenney 20 New York Yankees 13
Alex Johnson 17 California Angels 14
Rick Monday 17 Oakland Athletics  
Don Buford 16 Baltimore Orioles 16
Bobby Murcer 15 New York Yankees 17
Aurelio Rodriguez 15 California Angels  
Washington Senators  
Mark Belanger 13 Baltimore Orioles 19
Merv Rettenmund 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Carlos May 12 Chicago White Sox 21
Tommy McCraw 12 Chicago White Sox  
Felipe Alou 10 Oakland Athletics 23
Ted Savage 10 Milwaukee Brewers  
Reggie Smith 10 Boston Red Sox  



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.